Tasty Chinese New Beetle is Volkswagenaliscious...

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4realMade_in_China

Discussion Starter · Feb 15, 2007

This chocolate-coated VW Beetle was situated in front of a supermarket in Qingdao, Shandong Province, in China. It took seven employees and a total of 200 KG (441 lbs for you non-communists) to complete.

(http://jalopnik.com/cars/novelties/chocolatecovered-beetle-but-does-it-run-on-biodiesel-237008.php).
I didn't know they sold the New Beatle in China, do they sell well?

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chinacartimes

· #2 · Feb 15, 2007

I saw that the other day in Mykal supermarket.

Didnt think it would become such big news otherwise id post it up here myself.

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phaeton

· #3 · Feb 15, 2007

4*real*Made_in_China said:
I didn't know they sold the New Beatle in China, do they sell well?

Thanks for posting 4real

Yes VW import and sell the New Beetle family in China in low numbers, not sure on numbers sold though

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Yummy..........

I haven't seen the chocolate beetle, but we have a growing number of beetles here in Nanning. As far as price........I'm not 100% sure but I think it's about 250,000rmb now (it USED to be almost 400,000rmb).

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chinacartimes

· #5 · Feb 17, 2007

Jmsteiny, I think the VW is up against the MINI in the 'too cool for domestic cars' crowd, VW had to get that price down no matter what. Probably a CKD car built up in China now to get around the huge import tax that gets slapped on.